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And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
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And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.
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And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not.
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And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at strife and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren. Why hurt you one another?
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But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us:
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What! Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian?
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And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.
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And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
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And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
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I am the God of thy fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified durst not behold.
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And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place wherein thou standest is holy ground.